Resources (curated library)

Primary sources (official EU process)

• Commission EU Inc. Proposal Package (18 March 2026)

  The full legislative proposal for an EU-wide corporate framework for innovative companies. Includes the draft regulation, communication, annex, factsheet, and impact assessment.

• Draft Regulation Text — COM(2026) 321

  The legal text of the proposed EU Inc. regulation as submitted to Parliament and Council.

• Commission Press Release — EU Inc: Making Business Easier (18 March 2026)

  Official announcement and summary of the proposal package.

• European Council Conclusions (19–20 March 2026)

  EU leaders endorsed the “One Europe, One Market” agenda and called for adoption of the 28th regime by end of 2026.

• European Parliament — Recommendations for Innovative Companies (16 January 2026)

  MEPs formally adopted recommendations supporting a harmonised 28th regime with a digital-first approach.

• Council Working Party on Company Law — Session 2 Agenda (17 April 2026)

  Agenda document for the Council working-party session examining the Commission proposal article by article.

• European Commission — Work Programme 2026 (EUR-Lex)

  High-level roadmap that references setting up the 28th regime.

• European Parliament — Legislative Train: “28th regime for innovative companies”

  Parliament’s tracking page summarising where the initiative sits and what comes next.

• European Commission — “Have your say” initiative (28th regime consultation)

  The consultation hub and stakeholder feedback around the future regime.

• European Commission — EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy

  Strategy context that repeatedly references reducing fragmentation for startups and scaleups.

The two proposals everyone references

• EU–INC — Policy proposal hub

  A community blueprint for a pan-European company structure, central registry, and EU-wide stock options.

  Homepage: EU–INC

• Bruegel — “Regime 0” (policy brief)

  A structured, targeted optional regime for innovative, scale-oriented startups.

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Parliament research & neutral summaries

• EPRS briefing — “The 28th regime corporate legal framework” (15 April 2026)

  Parliament’s research-service briefing on the Commission proposal. Useful as a neutral institutional summary of the legal framework and political context.

• European Parliament Research — “The 28th regime” brief (PDF)

  A compact overview of the concept, trade-offs, and framing before the proposal text arrived.

• European Parliament study — “The Scope of the 28th Regime” (PDF)

  Deeper analysis of design choices, legal constraints, and the optional-regime model.

Positions from stakeholders (useful signals)

• DigitalEurope — Position on the 28th regime (PDF)

  Industry positioning on what an optional EU-wide company framework should solve for startups and growth companies.

• European Law Institute — Response to the consultation (PDF)

  Legal-technical feedback on the consultation and design choices behind a 28th-regime framework.

Tax dimension (FISC)

• FISC Public Hearing — Feasibility of a 28th Tax Regime (24 February 2026)

  Parliament’s tax subcommittee hearing with expert presentations from Bruegel, CEPS, and ETAF on whether a complementary tax regime is feasible.

  Hearing hub: agenda, programme, documents, and webstream

• FISC Subcommittee Meeting — Feasibility of a 28th Tax Regime (16 April 2026)

  Secondary coverage of the parallel tax workstream examining whether an EU-level tax framework could complement the 28th-regime company-law regulation.

• Bruegel “Regime 0 / Hub0” policy brief

  Reference brief frequently cited in the tax-policy discussion around optional regimes for innovative firms.

• CEPS and ETAF submissions

  Supporting submissions linked from the FISC hearing materials.

Academic & policy analysis

• Kluwer International Tax Blog — “The EU 28th Regime for Innovative Companies Needs a Dual-Instrument Architecture”

  Dennis Weber argues that a complete 28th regime needs both a company-law regulation and a tax directive, and maps out what the tax side could include.

Professional analysis (law firms & industry)

A short curated selection, not an exhaustive list.

• Taylor Wessing — “EU Inc. – The 28th Regime”

  Practical legal commentary on how the proposal would change company formation and cross-border scaling.

• Stibbe — “EU proposal for a regulation on the 28th regime corporate legal framework”

  Law-firm analysis focused on the legal mechanics and likely negotiation issues in the proposal text.

• CFE Tax Advisers Europe — Tax Top 5 (13 April 2026)

  Industry-body roundup covering the emerging tax dimension around the 28th-regime debate.

Council process

• Council of the EU — Company Law Working Party

  Technical examination of the Commission proposal is under way. Sessions are visible for 27 April, 7 May, 18 May, and 2 June 2026, following the 17 April meeting for which no public readout is visible yet. These meetings shape the Council’s negotiating position before trilogue.

  No public central hub exists for every working-party item. Monitor the Council press releases and the published document register when agendas or notes surface.

Explainers

• Short explainer video (YouTube)

  A good starting point to share with founders and investors who want the “why” in minutes.